Author: McKinley Corbley / Source: Good News Network
Indian schools are adding a new element of education to their intensively academic curriculums: happiness.
Over 1,000 Delhi schools are now kicking off their school day with 30 to 45 minute-long happiness classes in which the kids are taught about mindfulness and self-care, rather than math and science.
Legislators hope that the program will help to relieve the anxiety and stress that is notoriously synonymous with Indian curriculums.
“We have given best-of-the-best talent to the world,” said Manish Sisodia, Delhi’s education minister, according to The Washington Post. “We have given best-of-the-best professionals to industry. We have been successful so far. But have we been able to deliver best-of-the-best human beings to society, to the nation?”
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The news outlet goes on to emphasize the rigid structure of the nation’s educational system; top universities typically only accept students with test scores of 98% or higher; emphasis on grades and testing has triggered high rates of stress amongst public school students; and India’s industrialization process has pushed thousands of students to pursue careers in skilled labor positions, which has…
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